Agree with the other reviewers: this large room masquerading as a pub represents everything terrible that public houses can become. Nasty, filthy carpet, mass-service ethos, standard grubby tables, and a filthy toilet.

It has two redeeming virtues:
1. It’s an easy place to coordinate meeting up with people before hitting the Brixton Academy for a gig.
2. It’s wonderful for people-watching. One intrepid entrepreneur tried to sell me some shirts (still on their M&S hangers) in the toilet. Another - a woman past her drunk-drive limit and past her prime in general - tried to engage me in an even more inappropriate business transaction. I’ve seen more than a couple of people chucked out of here.

Couldn’t agree with DrO2e more - this is a pub out of a vending machine…. It’s cheap, its plastic, and the food is about as average as its possible to be. Brixton is packed with better pubs and bars to go to - the only decent thing about this pub is the location and proximity to the tube and Brixton Academy.

It’s a homogenous chain pub. Its only purpose in life is to serve you cheap booze (and it is cheap £2.25 a double) so that can you fuel up before going to see your new favourite band at the Brixton Academy. Admittedly, it’s proximity to Brixton tube is a bonus, but there are far more charismatic venues nearby if its turning out to be a bit of a session.